imac hard drive replaced!

[Ken Sp.]

I don't think same brand drive works, it must be the same model number also.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2526125?start=0&tstart=0

Was it one of these? Seagate? http://www.apple.com/support/imac-harddrive/

[C(-)ris]

There is a secret to making it work with any drive, but I would have to kill you.

[hal]

bazookaman wrote:
And what exactly is a 3rd party drive?

In this case, it would be one that doesn't have apple's firmware applied

[freeradical]

http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/drvsetup.html

http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/post4.html

[bazookaman]

freeradical wrote:
http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/drvsetup.html

http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/post4.html

Everything old is new again! Yay!

On a positive note. I can say that HDD Fan Control works perfectly. My fans idled down almost before the software finished installing.

[rgG]

bazookaman wrote:
[quote=freeradical]
http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/drvsetup.html

http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/post4.html

Everything old is new again! Yay!

On a positive note. I can say that HDD Fan Control works perfectly. My fans idled down almost before the software finished installing.
Glad you found a fix, but it should not have cost you $30 just because you had to replace a dead drive, which should have lasted longer anyway.

[bazookaman]

rgG wrote:
Glad you found a fix, but it should not have cost you $30 just because you had to replace a dead drive, which should have lasted longer anyway.

Yeah. But hard drives fail. It's not if, it's when. I suppose I just drew the short straw with this one. I don't even care about the $30. What chaps my hide is that Apple has gone back to it's same old proprietary crap. In the old days, you couldn't just buy any old hard drive. You had to get the Apple branded hard drive. Which of course cost more. And now it's the same thing all over again.

[Black]

bazookaman wrote:
[quote=freeradical]
http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/drvsetup.html

http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/post4.html

Everything old is new again! Yay!

On a positive note. I can say that HDD Fan Control works perfectly. My fans idled down almost before the software finished installing.
Which iMac is this?

[bazookaman]

Black wrote:
Which iMac is this?

Late 2009 27" iMac i7.

[decay]

http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/13/hdd-fan-c...acement-i/

http://exirion.net/ssdfanctrl/Site/SSD_Fan_Control.html

maybe this would work instead of the direct connector sensor?

http://www.powerbookmedic.com/iMac-24-Ha...20092.html

or http://www.ebay.com/itm/280729641144